3 dead in several Baltimore shootings overnight

South Charles Street death deemed 'suspicious'

Baltimore police are investigating as many as six separate shootings overnight in which three people died.

City police said officers were called minutes after 11 p.m. Friday to the 1200 block of North Caroline Street in east Baltimore, where they found Derian Hampton, 21, suffering from several gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced Hampton dead at the scene.

Officers were called to the 1400 block of Poplar Grove Street in west Baltimore shortly before 2:30 a.m. Saturday for reports of gunshots. Police said the officers found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound.

The victim, later identified as Jermaine Blue, 30, was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

Shortly after 5 a.m., police were called to the 300 block of South Charles Street, where a man was suffering from some sort of trauma to his upper body. The man was taken to Shock Trauma, where he later died. Police said homicide detectives are investigating this case as a suspicious death. Officers found no evidence of a shooting at the scene.

As many as three other shootings also garnered police attention. Shortly before midnight Friday, a 35-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his arm walked into an area hospital for treatment.

The victim told investigators that he was at a gas station in the 4400 block of Park Heights Avenue when a man shot him in the arm in an attempted robbery. The victim then drove to the hospital, and the shooter fled.

Minutes before 4 a.m., officers were called to the 1600 block of Hazel Street in south Baltimore, where a man was shot in the leg.

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